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HINGE POR AWNING BLINDS.

No. 326,967. Patented Sept. 29, 188

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HINGE POR AWNING BLINDS.

No. 326,967. Patented Sept. Z9, 1885.

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CHARLES GARLICK, OF SYRAOUSE, NEIV YORK.

HINGE FOR AWNING-BLINDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,967, dated September 29, 1885.

Application filed February 25, 1885.

To all whom it may concern,-

Be it known that I, GHARLns GARLICK, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hinges for Awning- Blinds, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of blindhinges which allow the blind to be disconnected from the bottom hinge and to be swung outward vertically and suspended in an inclined position from the upper hinge, and thus convert the blind into an awning.

The invention consists in certain peculiarities of the detail construction of the component parts ofthe aforesaid blind-hinge, whereby the same is rendered more efficient, more reliable, and more durable in its operation, all as hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure lisa face view of a blind provided with my improved hinges, showing the same in its closed position. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same in position for forming an awning. Fig. 3 is a full-sized side View of the lowerrhinge as constructed for blinds tobe hung on brick houses, said view showing the hinge in its open position. Fig. 4t is a top view of the same in its closed position. Fig. 5 is another side view of said hinge in its closed position, with the female member of the hinge shown in crosssection to illustrate the detail construction of p the blind in its open position.

the same. Fig. 6 is a face view of the female member of the hinge, with the adjacent portion of the male member shown in dotted lines to illustrate the locking devices which retain Figs. 7 and 8 are detached top views of the component members of the upper hinge. Fig. 9 is a view of the back of the lower hinge, showing the passages which guide the pintle to the socket in coupling said hinge, and Fig. I() is an inverted plan view of the socket of the female member of the clasp, showing more fully the daring passage through the side ofthe sock et, through which passage the pintle enters the socket in coupling and uncoupling the hinge.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A and B represent, respectively, the female (Model.)

and male members of the upper hinge, which is to be secured to the blind and building in such a position as to bring the top edge of the attaching-plate of the female member nearly or quite tlush with the top edge of the blind, as shown in Fig. l ofthe drawings.

The member B consists of a bracket, which has a horizontal arm with a vertical pintle, a, projecting from the free end thereof and standing axially central in a line drawn at right angles to the plane of the leaf or attachingplate of the bracket and from the edge adjacent to the window-.ja mb, said pintle being thus arranged directly in front of the joint between the blind and window cas'ing or frame, which feature is well known to be essential to nearly all classes of hinges. Around the base of the gudgeon a, I provide the arm of the bracket B with a circumferential flange, b, extending around the base of the pintle,so as to ailord a bearing for that portion of the arm ofthe hinge which has the eye e, by which it is hung on the pintle. The extension of said bearing around the pintle forms supports at opposite sides of the pivot of the blind while swinging the same in a horizontal plane, in the manner of an ordinary blind or shutter, thus obviating the lateral strain heretofore imparted to hinges designed to afford vertical as well as horizontal swinging movement. The top of the arm, which carries the pintle a, I provide with a vertical rib, c, back of and remote from the pintle, which rib is curved upward at the end adjacent to the attaching-plate of said bracket, as shown at c. This rib constitutes an elongated secondary bearing, on which the female member of the hinge is fulcrumed when swinging the blind in a vertical plane, to convert the same into an awning, as hereinafter explained.

The female member of the aforesaid upper hinge consists of a bracket, A, having a horizontal arm terminating with an eye, c, by which it is hung on the pintle a, as aforesaid, and over the said arm is a cap, d, which projects over the rib c of the bracket B, so that when swinging the bottom of the blind vertically or outward from the building the aforesaid cap d is caused to ride ou the upwardly-curved portion c of the rib c at or near its junction with the attaching-plate of the bracket B. This secondary bearing of IOO the brackets raises the eye e, or free endof the bracket A,fron1that of the bracket `B, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and simultaneously causes the bracket A to slide bodily outward from the bracket B, thus carrying the upper end of the blindfoutward from the jamb of the window-casing and lowering only the inner edge sufficient to prevent the outer edge from impinging the jam'b. The blind being maintained at nearly or quite a uniform elevation during its said movement,

allows the blind to bev fitted quite closely -to the jamb. The arm of the female bracket A is additionally supported by a vertical Bange', j', under said arm. This flange I bevel or arrange obliquely from the attaching-plate of the bracket toward the eye e, as represented bythe dotted line 1 1 in'Fig. 8 of the drawings. The space between the 'fiangefand eye e is equal to the width of the bearingb around the base of the pintle, ard this arrangement facilitates the hanging of the blinds, asthe eyee can be guided to the pintle ct-by laying the'iiangef against the bearingb, and sliding it along toward the pintle a.

C and D designate, respectively, the female and male members of the lower hinge.

The male member consists of a bracket, D, having a horizontal arm or projection,from the free end of which projects vertically the pin.- tle h'h, the base h of which is cylindrical, vand the upper part, h', is flattened. vThe aforesaid horizontal arm ofthe bracket Dis formed vwith a spirally-inclined -liange, i, around the base ofthe pintle, which iiange serves as a bearing for the base of the socket or capg of the female member Cof the hinge, andback ofthe pintle h h the bracket is re-enforced by a bar oriiange, la, which projects from the leaf or attaching-plate of the bracket toward'thepintle and above the base of the same, and is also made to perform other functions, hereinafter described.

The female part of the lower hinge consists of a' bracket, (D, having an arm terminating with a socket or cap, g, by which it is pivoted on the pintle h h. The bottom of the said cap is formed with an inclined 'bearing by which it rides on the inclined bearing z' around the base of the pintle. The travel of one of said bearings upon the other, while swinging the blind horizontally toward its open position, exerts a counter-pressure sufficiently to cause the blind to automatically swing back to its closed posit-ion in case `it is neglected to swing the blind outward sufficient to cause it to become locked in its open position, as hereinafter described, thus obviating the danger of -the blind being slammed by the wind. The aforesaid bearings also afford to the bottom of the cap g an extensive wearing-surface around the base of the pintle, as best seen in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The inclined bearing of the cap g,riding on a corresponding inclined bearing,causes the blind to be gradually lifted during its` movement4 to an open position, and when in said position `it ings.

was that the aforesaid bearing was subjected to undue friction, and, inasmuch as the blind remained ata uniform elevation during its swinging movement around the pivot of the lower hinge, the blind had to drop below its jnormal position in order to cause its back locking-hinge to engage and hold the blind in its open position. The inclined bottom bearing of the cap terminates abruptly to form an offset orshoulder, Z, and on theexterior side of the cap g is formed another shoulder, Z', which, together with the shoulderl, 'forms a doublelock lfor retaining theblind in'its ,open position in the `following manner: In-swinging the blind'on its pintle, theinclined bear- 'ings at the bottom of the cap Vg raise'theblind until it has'attained its open position, when the shoulder Z encounters-the bar or flange 7c land arrests the -swinging movement ofthe blind, so as to prevent its collision with the side of the building, and-thus obviatemarring and injuryto the blind. Simultaneously with theengagementof theshoulderl the shoulderl has reached the end ofthe inclined bearing i, and allows the b lind to drop. and thereby throwthe shoulder Z into engagement withthe side of the horizontal Varm of the-bracket D, `as illustrated in Figs. Sand dof-the drawings, thereby retainingy the blind Ain `its open position. The rear side ofthecap g'isp'rovided with an opening or passage. m, extendinginto the cavity ofthe cap. Said opening `is of a size to permit the-flattened portion h of the pintle'to pass Athrough-it when itis desired to swing theblind vertically into the position of an-awning, as represented in Fig. 2 of the` drawings. Heretot'ore theopening m was eX- tended the entire depth of the socket or cavity of the cap, and, inforder-to securely retain thepintle in the cap when the flattened portion ofthe pintle is in coincidence with the opening m, the cylindrical' bottom l portion of the pintle had tofbeof considerable ylength,

andinasmuch as the blind `has to 'bellifted a corresponding height to permit of uncoupling the hinge, a space -of considerable width has lto beleft between the-top edge ofthe blind and the jamb ofthe window frame or casi-ng.

These defects I obviate by extending the opening m only part way the depth of the cavity of thecap g,thereby allowing lboth ends ofi-the pintle vto retain a lhold inthe cap-when .the flattened portion h is in range with =the said opening, as represented in Fig. V5 of the-'draw- Furthermore, Ithe inclination of -the bearing 11 lengthens the cylindrical part fh of the pintle and reducesfthe 'flattened part h thereof correspondingly, and consequently-the uncoupling -ofvthe hinge requires '-'less lift of bthe blinds. Since the opening'm is 'likewise in -coincidence'with the iiattened portion 0f the pintle when the blind is swung horizontally on the pintle into an open position, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the aforesaid pintle is liable to enter said opening when raising the blind to close it, unless the lateral movement of the cap is prevented. No provision has hitherto been made to guard against said accidental displacement of the pintle from the socket or cap in hinges of this class, and in consequence of this the attened part of the pintle in many instances was caught in the openingm and either prevented further swinging movement of the blind or broke one or both of the parts caught or interlocked, as aforesaid. To guard against such accidents, the bar or flange lc `is made to serve the additional function heretofore referred to-t'. e., to prevent the lateral movement of the cap by the abutment thereof against said bar or iiange, as illustrated in Fig. Sof the drawings. The lift of the blind is limited by an extension, k', of the bar k over the cap g. In order to facilitate the coupling of the female part from the male part of the lower hinge, I forni the opening m flaring, as shown in Fig. l() of the drawings, and provide the backs or attaching-plates of the brackets C and D with openings n In and guide-walls 0 o. converging to the opening m oi' the cap g, as represented in Fig. 9 ofthe drawings.

The pintle IL 7L and cap g, I set over the vertical edges ofthe attaching-plates ot' the brackets C and D, sufficiently to leave a space between the said edges when the blind is in a closed position, as represented in Fig. 4 of the drawings, thereby permitting of having a corresponding space between the vertical edge ofthe blind and adjacent jamb of the easing, and thus obviating clogging or binding of the blind by paint and by swelling from moisture. Furthermore, the aforesaid arrangement ofthe pintle and cap maintain the edge ofthe blind true with the jamb of the casing when the blind is swung open.

Having described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The combination, with the bracket B, and bracket A pivoted thereon to swing in a vertical plane, of an elongated secondary bearing on the bracket B, back of the pivot and curved upward, and a fnlcrum on the bracket A, riding on said secondary bearing, whereby the top of the blind is carried outward from the jamb when swinging the blind in a verti cal plane, substantially as set forth.

2. lThe combination ofthe bracket B, formed with the upwardlysprojecting rib c, and the bracket A, formed with the cap d over the rib c, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. rllhe eombination,with the bracket B, provided with the pintle a, and the bracket A, provided with the eye e, of the guide-Hangef, for facilitating the coupling of the hinge, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination with the bracket C, provided with the cap g, the bracket D, provided with the pintle h and re-enforced by the bar 7c, projecting from the attaching-plate of the bracket above the base of the pintle, substantially as described and shown.

5. The combination of the bracket D, provided with the pintle h, and with the vertical bar k back of said pintle, and the bracket C, having the cap g, provided with the lockingshoulderZ on the bottom of the cap and the secondary locking-shoulder l on the side of the said cap to engage the bar 7s, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In combination with the bracket C, having the cap g, provided with the passage m, and the bracket D, having the pintle It formed with a flattened portion, h, adapted to pass through the said passage, the bar 7c on the bracket D, and abutting against the cap g to prevent lateral movement thereof and disengagement from' the pintle 7L when the blind is in an open position, substantially as described and shown.

7. The coml'iinatiomwith the bracket B, provided with the pintle a, of a fulcrum on said bracket back ot' the pintle and formed with an upward curvature, and the bracket A, hung on said pintle and provided with a bearing on the upward curvatureof the aforesaid fulcrum, whereby the top of the blind is carried outward from thejanib, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination,with the bracket B, provided with the pintle a, of the rib c, extending to the attaching plate of said bracket and formed thereat with the upward curvature c', and the bracket A, provided with the eye e, and with the cap d, by which latter it rides on the curved portion c of the rib c, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence ot' two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, this 19th day of February, 1885.

CHARLES GARLICK. [L s] NVitnesses:

FREDERICK H. GIBBs, W it. C. RAYMOND.

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